Author: Shulamit AlmogPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110766175
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Now in Paperback
The Origins of the Law in Homer
Author: Shulamit AlmogPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110766175
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Now in Paperback
The Origins of the Law in Homer
Author: Shulamit AlmogPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110766116
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
The book aims to introduce the Homeric oeuvre into the law and literature canon. It argues for a reading of Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey as primordial narratives on the significance of the rule of law. The book delineates moments of correspondence between the transition from myth to tragedy and the gradual transition from a social existence lacking formal law to an institutionalized legal system as practiced in the polis. It suggests the Homeric epics are a significant milestone in the way justice and injustice were conceptualized, and testify to a growing awareness in Homer’s time that mechanisms that protect both individuals and the collective from acts of unbridled rage are necessary for the continued existence of communities. The book fills a considerable gap in research on ancient Greek drama as well as in discourses about the intersections of law and literature and by doing so, offers new insights into two of the foundational texts of Western culture.
Ancient Law
Author: Henry Sumner MainePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
In his preface, Maine defines his scope: "...the chief object of the following pages is to indicate some of the earliest ideas of mankind, as they are reflected in Ancient Law, & to point out the relation of these ideas to modern thought."
Homer
Author: James I. PorterPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226675904
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The story of our ongoing fascination with Homer, the man and the myth. Homer, the great poet of the Iliad and the Odyssey, is revered as a cultural icon of antiquity and a figure of lasting influence. But his identity is shrouded in questions about who he was, when he lived, and whether he was an actual person, a myth, or merely a shared idea. Rather than attempting to solve the mystery of this character, James I. Porter explores the sources of Homer’s mystique and their impact since the first recorded mentions of Homer in ancient Greece. Homer: The Very Idea considers Homer not as a man, but as a cultural invention nearly as distinctive and important as the poems attributed to him, following the cultural history of an idea and of the obsession that is reborn every time Homer is imagined. Offering novel readings of texts and objects, the book follows the very idea of Homer from his earliest mentions to his most recent imaginings in literature, criticism, philosophy, visual art, and classical archaeology.
The Greek Concept of Justice
Author: Eric HavelockPublisher:
ISBN: 9780674183308
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
In this book, Eric Havelock presents a challenging account of the development of the idea of justice in early Greece, and particularly of the way justice changed as Greek oral tradition gradually gave way to the written word in a literate society. He begins by examining the educational functions of poets in preliterate Greece, showing how they conserved and transmitted the traditions of society, a thesis adumbrated in his earlier book Preface to Plato. Homer, he demonstrates, has much to say about justice, but since that idea is nowhere in the epics directly stated or expressed, it must be deduced from the speech and actions of the characters. Havelock's careful reading of the Iliad and the Odyssey is original and revealing; it sheds light both on Homeric notions of justice and on the Archaic Greek society depicted in the poems. As Havelock continues his inquiry from Hesiod to Aeschylus, his findings become more complex. The oral Greek world shades into a literate one. Words lose some kinds of meanings, gain others, and steadily become more suited to the conceptualization that Plato strove for and achieved. This evolution of language itself, Havelock shows, was one of the principal accomplishments of the Greek world. Lucidly written and forcefully argued, this book is a major contribution to our knowledge of ancient Greece--its politics, philosophy, and literature, from Homer to Plato.
Ancient Law
Author: Sir Henry James Sumner MAINEPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Comparative law
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Who Killed Homer?
Author: Victor Davis HansonPublisher: Encounter Books
ISBN: 1893554260
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
With advice and informative readings of the great Greek texts, this title shows how we might save classics and the Greeks. It is suitable for those who agree that knowledge of classics acquaints us with the beauty and perils of our own culture.
The Origin of Laws, Arts, and Sciences
Author: Antoine-Yves GoguetPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Law, Its Origin, Growth, and Function
Author: James Coolidge CarterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jurisprudence
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
The Trojan War: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Eric H. ClinePublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199760276
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Using a combination of archaeological data, textual analysis, and ancient documents, this Very Short Introduction to the Trojan War investigates whether or not the war actually took place, whether archaeologists have correctly identified and been excavating the ancient site of Troy, and what has been found there.